Like me, you may have just finished binge-watching the newest “social season” of Netflix’s hit drama “Bridgerton.” But a new season is upon us - AP Review Season! One part of the review season is practicing old AP Chemistry Free Response questions.
In 2021 CollegeBoard updated the format of the free-response problems to include white spaces between each prompt or part of a question. Prior to 2021, students wrote all answers on lined paper at the end of the question. Since 2021 students now write their response right after each individual prompt.
I want my AP Chemistry students to practice with the same formatting they will see during the real AP Chemistry exam. While I want the formatting to match, I do not have much time to convert all the old free-response problems to the new format. I found a quick way to make the transition to the new format using DocHub. In less than 5 minutes I have a document ready to print for my students. I wanted to share in case it would help others during the April AP Review "Season."
Steps:
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Go to AP Central to access old Free Response questions (LINK TO WEBSITE)
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Open the Scoring Guidelines for the Free Response set you would like
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Save the Scoring Guidelines file to your computer
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Go to DocHub.com
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Make a free DocHub account if you have not already done so
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Upload the Scoring Guideline file into DocHub
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Use the Whiteout tool from the toolbar (between the comment bubble and checkmark) and draw white boxes over the answer boxes
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When done, select the download icon in the upper right corner and save the file
Video: See a quick video of the process of using DocHub
In less than 5 minutes, you will have a print-ready Free-Response question set in the new format for your AP Chemistry students! Hopefully, your students find these questions as riveting as Lady Whistledown’s Scandal Sheets on Bridgerton!
Enjoy! I wish all of your students the best of luck on this year’s exam!